On Dec. 15, WPSU's third annual benefit concert Winterfest took place at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. This year's concert featured the popular Penn State student ensemble, Essence of Joy. Essence of Joy performs sacred and secular music from the African and African-American choral canon. A new piece, composed by Dr. Raymond Wise of Indiana University, premiered at this year’s concert.

The last Bach's Lunch Series concert of the fall semester featured the Penn State Trombone Choir performing holiday favorites at Eisenhower Chapel on Dec. 12.. Bach's Lunch is a free, weekly concert series hosted by Penn State's School of Music and the Center for Ethics and Religious Affairs.

The School of Theatre will present “Julius Caesar” on the steps of Old Main, at 7:30 p.m. April 15–17. Free and open to the public, the production features School of Theatre faculty member and alumnus Wendell Franklin as Julius Caesar, alumnus Nathan James as Brutus, and numerous theater undergraduate and graduate students in the other roles. This production is set in a contemporary African nation to draw parallels between modern African dictatorships and Shakespeare’s Roman Republic of 44 B.C. under the dictatorship of Julius Caesar.